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Our Publications and Projects

Discover the groundbreaking research and creative work produced by our faculty and students in the fields of Media, Journalism, and Film. From in-depth publications to dynamic student projects, this page highlights the powerful intersection of storytelling, media analysis, and visual culture at the heart of our department.

Media and Communications Faculty Publications

  1. Associate Professor Mack Hagood’s article, “TikTok’s #brownnoise is the latest push to quiet our stress-filled worlds,” published in The Washington Post (November 4, 2022). 
  2. Associate Professor Andy Rice directs Reading Freedom Summer documentary,
  3. Associate Professor Mack Hagood’s Phantom Power podcast explores the world of sound in the arts, music, technology, and culture. Launched in 2018, Phantom Power is a podcast about sound and listening that features some of the world’s foremost experts and artists working in sound.
  4. Professor Ron Becker publishes the 13th edition of Media and Culture textbook.
  5. Associate Professor Matthew Crain appeared on the Tech Policy Press podcast.

Media and Communications Student Projects

  1. Students Jake White, Josette LaFramboise, Katherine Wagner, and Mia Zurich  produce Paper Wings. A young boy makes an unlikely friend after struggling to make a paper airplane. 
  2. Students Nick Lipsitt, Tayler Stephens, Jane Edwards, and Jack Tincher produce Weekend Waste. This short film shines a light on the significant amount of trash plaguing the Oxford community and shows the citizens who fight to make a change. 
  3. Students Grace Grover, Lily Bayer, Maddie Hinz, and Grace Shelly produce Clocking in for the Second Shift, a short film about discovering the balance between a woman’s profession and going home to tend to the family. 
  4. Students Abby Bammerlin, Lauren Kelley and Lauren Simon produce One Thread at a Time. Shana Rosenberg, founder of a non-profit in Oxford, aims to reduce textile waste in the surrounding community.
  5. Students Lauren Tolliver, Matthew Dampier, Kade Schuman, Abagail Gibbs, and Kristina Lynnes produce Wild Heist. Three college friends document their heist of a taxidermied squirrel.
  6. Students Cordelia Stubblefield, Benny Farbstein, Kethan Babu, Faye Smith and Brenna Custer produce Hold Your Peace. A couple finds getting married harder than expected when their wedding is continuously interrupted. 
  7. Students Alex Ambro and Diego Smith produce Fight or Flight. An unarmed man encounters a mysterious figure on a dimly lit bridge where he is forced to face his fears. 

Department of Media, Journalism, and Film

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